{"id":36144,"date":"2016-08-24T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=36144"},"modified":"2016-08-24T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:32:46","slug":"tyra-banks-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/tyra-banks-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyra Banks to Become America's Next Top Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs if she hasn’t already proven herself as capable of almost anything, ex-supermodel\u00a0and America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks<\/a>\u00a0is making yet another career move. Beginning next year, the ’90s icon will become Professor Banks as she begins teaching at California’s Stanford University. There, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel will\u00a0co-teach a course on personal branding.
\nFans expecting to enrol in the class for an easy A are\u00a0forewarned, as any devoted America’s Next Top Model follower recalls\u00a0Banks’ no nonsense policy throughout\u00a0the cult show’s 22 seasons. Famous for its exaggerated approach to the fashion industry, ANTM allowed contestants and viewers alike to learn from the wealth of wisdom that is Tyra Banks.\u00a0Those searching\u00a0for a\u00a0refresher course on the series’ most educational moments, look no further. Here are five of the biggest life lessons\u00a0we owe to America’s Next Top Professor.
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It’s all in the smize<\/h2>\n

A\u00a0portmanteau for smiling with your eyes, smizing allows the model to emote with nothing but their stare. When executed correctly, the practice can result in a\u00a0winning photo that’s Tyra-approved. When executed poorly, however, it can make a person look downright disturbing. After 13 years, we still can’t figure out how to do it right.
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Fashion is about taking\u00a0risks<\/h2>\n

Every time a new season of America’s Next Top Model began, viewers could look forward to the show’s infamous makeover episode. There, girls with long hair would be given cropped pixies and girls with short hair would receive Rapunzel-esque extensions. Despite faces of sheer horror\u00a0accompanied by\u00a0dramatic music, most makeovers went relatively smooth; except for Denzel from season 21 (pictured above) who was unfortunate enough to receive a lace-front wig on his beard. Sometimes, the lessons we learned weren’t from Banks herself, but actually a result of her own mistakes. But don’t worry Tyra, we forgive you \u2013 even if Denzel doesn’t.
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Ask yourself, “Is this fashion?”<\/h2>\n

In season 8, Banks imparted us with the kind of wisdom you never forget, informing the world that “most modelling is\u00a0acting like\u00a0a ho, but making it fashionable.” From there, she gives examples of this maxim before contorting her body\u00a0into a pose with her chest caved inwards. Therein, Banks says, lies the difference between men’s magazines\u00a0and\u00a0high-fashion glossies.
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